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818,288,888. Patented Nov. 28, 18.82.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES E. GILLESPIE, OF WARWICK, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE FABRIC FIRE HOSE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

MULTIPLE-FABRIC HOSE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,366, dated November 28, 1882.

Application iiledJ'u`ly5,18B2. (No model.) l

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES E. GrLLEsPIE, of Warwick, in the county ot'Orange and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Multiple-Fabric Hose. of

which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

In two-ply woven or fabric hose, as ordinarily constructed, the two plies are entirely dis- Io tinct from each other, each having its own warp and its own weft, and the wefts ot' both t plies run through their respective warps in the same spiral direction. When the hose thus constructed is subjected internally to hy- [5 draulic pressure it is liable to twist and squirm in a very objectionable manner. Y

The principal object of this invention is to obtain two-ply hose that is free from this liability to twist and squirm; and to this end the 2o said invention consists in a two-ply hose the wefts ot' the two plies of which run in opposite spiral directions through the warps. The effect ot' this arrangement of the two wefts is that the tendency of each weft to produce a twist ot' the hose in onedirecton is counteracted by the tendency of the other weft to produce a twist in the opposite direction, and the twisting of the hose is prevented.

In carrying out my invention the, warp and 3o weft of each ot' two plies ot' the hose maybe woven together independently of the warp and weft of the other ply; but I prefer to weave the two plies together by causing a certain number of the warps to be woven into and in- 3 5 corporated with both plies.

Figure lis a transverse section ot' a piece of two-ply hose constructed according to my invention, and having certain of the warpthreads woven -into both plies. Fig. 2 is a 4o section taken through one side ot' this hose in a longitudinal direction, orparallel with the warp. Fig. 3 is a face view of a portion of the hose projected o a plane, and replesenting it with a por n of the` outer ply removed to show threads of the inner ply.

i i represen the warp-threads of vthe inner ply. o o are t .ewarp-threads of the outer ply. 'ww are the weft-threads of the outer ply, and w w are the weft-threads of the inner ply.

5o llare the locking-threads of the Warp, passing through both plies and securing the two together. (Represented in Figs. 2 and 3, and shaded with diagonal lines.)

It will be seen by referring to Fig. 3 that the threads w w ot' the outer weft and those 55 of the inner weft run in opposite spiral directions.

My improved hose, made without incorporating any ofthe warp-threads into both plies, may be woven in a hand-loom constructed and 6o organizedv like the hand-looms commonly used for weaving two-ply hose, except that the two shuttles, instead of being both put into and passed around in the same direction, will be put thereinto and passed around the warp in opposite directions; or such hose may he woven in a circular loom with two shuttles working in diierent planes, the said shuttles running one in one direction and the other in the ,opposite direction. are to be woven together, as represented in the drawings, the harness is so organized and operated that some of the warp-threads are so worked as to be incorporated into both plies. This method ot' working the warp and the nec- 75- essary method of organizing' the harness will be intelligible to the expert weaver without explanation; but I will here state that it is explained in my application for patent for improvements in circular looms, No. 69,199, 8o tiled August 12, 1882, parts oi' which improvements are specially adapted for weaving hose composed ot' two or more plies the wet'ts of which run in opposite directions through the warps, and in which a certain number of the warpslare woven into and incorporated with two or more plies ofthe warp.

The invention may be applicable to fabric 'nose having any even number ot' plies more than two, the contiguousplies always having 9o their wefts running in opposite directions.

Vhat I claim as my invention is- 1. A two-ply or multiple woven or fabric hose in which the wefts of contiguous plies run in opposite spiral directions, substantially as herein described.

2. A two-ply or multiple woven hose in which the wet'ts ofthe contiguous plies run in opposite directions, and certain ot' the warpthreads are incorporated into two plies, subroo stantially as herein described.

JAMES E. GILLESPIE.

Witnesses:

FREDK. HAYNEs, En GLATZMAYER.

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